Sentences with phrase «state oil interests»

Second, the story quote «Opponents of CA's landmark global warming legislation AB32 — led by Texas oil giant Valero and other out - of - state oil interests — recently spent nearly $ 2 million dollars...» shows that oil companies themselves are getting involved with legislation that regulates electricity generation.

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Fossil - fuel subsidies drain government budgets, throwing up a fiscal wall that blocks state support for clean energy while protecting the interests of the oil industry.

Oil remains tightly correlated to the health of markets and interest rates, especially in DiMartino Booth's home state of Texas.

Now that the United States is less dependent on Saudi petroleum, thanks to fracking and new oil discoveries, the fact that OPEC is not identified as a top priority anymore indicates that interest in the organization has declined.

The announcement comes as Venezuela faces acute financing problems after creditors and ratings agencies declared the government and state - run oil firm PDVSA to be in partial default for missing interest and principle payments on bonds.

Anadarko's the United States onshore properties include oil and natural - gas plays located in Colorado, Texas, Utah, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Kansas, where the Company operated approximately 12,700 wells and owned interests in approximately 3,500 nonoperated wells as of December 31, 2016.

When, toward the end of the decade, oil prices were raised again and the United States dramatically increased interest rates, this period of easy borrowing came to an abrupt end.

Health Impact News Editor Comments: As the first ones to export organic traditionally made virgin coconut oil from the Philippines to the United States ten years ago, we were very interested in reading about this research done in Sri Lanka published today.

But you might well be shining your deer in an opening in a forest that has been ravaged by the oil interests — public land doled away for peanuts by conservationists in a state with boggling population and recreation problems.

Russia is doing quite well from its oil and natural resources (except for the recent oil price crash) and has no interest in using the wealth to annex and prop up former soviet states in eastern Europe (although they do want their port in Crimea).

Some supported the proposal on equity and fairness grounds, since elites were already perceived to benefit disproportionately from the state's resources, through special - interest appropriations of oil wealth, and because it would bring a huge benefit to low - income Alaskans and those living at a subsistence level.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, on Friday said he had no special interest in Oil Mining Lease (OML) 11...

Sir Hugh had an interest in oil and the Middle East and served a number of positions in the War and Colonial Offices, before entering Cabinet as the Secretary of State for Air in 1962.

And while rail transport typically falls under federal purview, the decision by the Cuomo administration reflects an increasing state interest in rail cargo, as the number of oil trains has grown from 10,000 a year to more than 400,000 carloads transported last year.

«It is unlikely that historically low rates of deforestation can persist in the face of growing pressures to clear land due to increases in population, demand for wood and charcoal, cropping with reduced fallow periods leading to soil degradation, and international interests in large scale land investments for oil, biofuel and other crops,» the study states.

The United States now imports 22 percent of its oil from our northern neighbor, and China has also shown interest in Canada's sands, taking a $ 1.7 billion, 60 - percent stake in two new projects in northern Alberta.

ALEC is leading the nationally - coordinated attack on state renewable portfolio standards as part of an ambitious dirty energy agenda for the members of its anti-environmental task force, like Koch Industries, ExxonMobil, Peabody Energy, Duke Energy and other major oil, gas and coal interests.

The Western States Petroleum Association, which represents regional oil and gas interests, is second on the list, followed by the California State Council of Service Employees, the Los Angeles - area city of Vernon and the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan.

Although there's spare American consumer interest in this car so long as Western states are fracking oil for less than $ 50 per barrel, it seems Volt owners aren't financially motivated anyway: Volt owners have the third - highest average household income levels among Chevrolet's customers.

This is not to say that interest rates can not go up in Canada since the world is currently undergoing a resource bust, and the United States has begun exporting more oil, even trying to recently open the market to Europe, both of which Canada is relatively dependent upon.

Of these connections, I note an interest in paintings of modest scale (a stated interest which is not consistently reflected by the paintings chosen for Reinventing), in «low - key» or unassuming compositions, and a fixation on the artists» renewed «curiosity about paint's material possibilities» («Provisional») and their «rediscover [y][of] the possibilities of painting on stretched canvas, and working with oil paint, figure / ground relationships, [and] applying paint with a brush instead of spraying or folding or pouring or staining» (Reinventing).

Many seasoned observers of climate science and policy feel it's hard to see how they will, given the pressures on political figures to focus on the here and now, and the variegated interests arrayed at the ranks of tables — from shrinking island states to oil monarchies to established and emerging powers sitting on mountains of coal — and the tough time our species has recognizing slow but consequential changes.

The president chose the politics of a few over sound science and fundamental economics, ideology over the national interest, to cause a stunning defeat for the United States, American energy security and America's energy partnership with Canada — and a stunning victory for countries like Venezuela, which will benefit from the U.S. saying no to the oil Keystone XL would bring from Canada and the U.S. Bakken region.

by Gas & Electricity The «Climate Change Coalition Common Interest Agreement» was signed by state attorneys general in May, two months after they held a press conference to say they would go after Exxon, the world's largest publicly - traded oil and gas company, and possibly other companies.

White House interest grew following the» addicted to oil» State of the Union address.

For the past few days, key oil interests and players with, evidently, insider knowledge — such as the American Petroleum Institute's Jack Gerard — created a buzz, telling reporters and who knows who else, that the State Department review of Keystone XL would come out Friday and that it would be favorable to the project.

Canada's oil sands (and the Keystone Pipeline that will bring their petroleum to the United States) must be evaluated on environmental and ethical grounds that compare them to real world alternatives to them — not to some utopian energy resource that exists only in the minds of idealists, ideologues and special interest environmental pressure groups.

Despite the environmental hoops the State Department still seems to have to jump through, watchdogs fear authorities are intent on giving a thumbs - up to Keystone XL in the name of energy security and in response to pressure from oil interests.

The ruling by appeals court judges — in a case that drew heavy state and industry legal opposition — reinterprets the mission of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to require more than balancing industry interests with protection of people and the environment.

Washington Free Beacon — 27 January 2015 Foreign Firm Funding U.S. Green Groups Tied to State - Owned Russian Oil Company Executives at a Bermudan firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian tycoons A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011.Oil Company Executives at a Bermudan firm funneling money to U.S. environmentalists run investment funds with Russian tycoons A shadowy Bermudan company that has funneled tens of millions of dollars to anti-fracking environmentalist groups in the United States is run by executives with deep ties to Russian oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011.oil interests and offshore money laundering schemes involving members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle...... The Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, Food and Water Watch, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Center for American Progress were among the recipients of Sea Change's $ 100 million in grants in 2010 and 2011....

Proceedings: Friday 4 May Opening remarks Welcome by Mr, Sefa Sadık AYTEKIN, Deputy Undersecretary, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey Keynote address by H.E. Thamir GHADHBAN, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Workplan of WEO - 2012 Iraq Energy Outlook by Dr. Fatih BIROL, Chief Economist, IEA Session 1: Energy in Iraq — fuelling Iraq's reconstruction and development Chair: Mr. Simon STOLP, World Bank Introductory interventions: H.E. Martin KOBLER, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Iraq Dr. Usama KARIM, Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for Energy, Iraq Dr. Kamal AL - BASRI, Chairman of the Iraq Institute for Economic Reform Open discussion Session 2: Iraq's electricity sector — short term needs and long - term interests Chair: Mr. Hamish MCNINCH, International Expert Introductory interventions: Dr. Majeed ABDUL - HUSSAIN, Parsons Brinckerhoff Dr. Abdul Qader AHMED, Mass Global Open discussion Special address: Mr. Tariq SHAFIQ, Managing Director, Petrolog & Associates Session 3: Iraq's oil and gas supply — managing the development of a huge resource Chair: Mr. Tariq SHAFIQ, Managing Director, Petrolog & Associates Dr. Ali AL - MASHAT, Advisor, Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Ms. Ruba HUSARI, Managing Director, Iraq Insight Open discussion Session 4: Iraq and international markets — impacts on regional and global balances Chair: H.E. Thamir GHADHBAN, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Introductory interventions: Dr. Mussab AL - DUJAYLI, former Director General, State Oil Marketing Organisation Mr. Jonathan ELKIND, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy of the United States Ms. Coby VAN DER LINDE, Director of the Energy Programme, Clingendael Institute, the Netherlands Open discussion Session 5: Summary and conclusions Co-Chairs: H.E. Fareed Yasseen, Ambassador of Iraq to France and H.E. Nick Bridge, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the OECD Tour de table with recommendations for key topics and areas of study for consideration in the WEO - 2012 Concluding remarks by Dr. Fatih BIROL, Chief Economist, oil and gas supply — managing the development of a huge resource Chair: Mr. Tariq SHAFIQ, Managing Director, Petrolog & Associates Dr. Ali AL - MASHAT, Advisor, Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Ms. Ruba HUSARI, Managing Director, Iraq Insight Open discussion Session 4: Iraq and international markets — impacts on regional and global balances Chair: H.E. Thamir GHADHBAN, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Advisory Commission, Iraq Introductory interventions: Dr. Mussab AL - DUJAYLI, former Director General, State Oil Marketing Organisation Mr. Jonathan ELKIND, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy of the United States Ms. Coby VAN DER LINDE, Director of the Energy Programme, Clingendael Institute, the Netherlands Open discussion Session 5: Summary and conclusions Co-Chairs: H.E. Fareed Yasseen, Ambassador of Iraq to France and H.E. Nick Bridge, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the OECD Tour de table with recommendations for key topics and areas of study for consideration in the WEO - 2012 Concluding remarks by Dr. Fatih BIROL, Chief Economist, Oil Marketing Organisation Mr. Jonathan ELKIND, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of Energy of the United States Ms. Coby VAN DER LINDE, Director of the Energy Programme, Clingendael Institute, the Netherlands Open discussion Session 5: Summary and conclusions Co-Chairs: H.E. Fareed Yasseen, Ambassador of Iraq to France and H.E. Nick Bridge, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the OECD Tour de table with recommendations for key topics and areas of study for consideration in the WEO - 2012 Concluding remarks by Dr. Fatih BIROL, Chief Economist, IEA

And then there is the notion that I have that the state of knowledge (and the growing price of carbon based fuel) is ripe for the development of non-carbon based sources of energy which would be available almost everywhere, and frankly weaken the position of all the unstable oligarchically ruled oil producing nations (I've heard Israel is very interested in green energy for that reason).

Perry is expected to welcome the four - state pipeline and similar projects, set an open - door policy for oil industry interests and possibly tear down the department altogether.

It would be interesting to see if a state government could block an off - shore oil or gas project solely on the basis of climate - related onshore impacts (for Victorians and the rest of the world).

The Koch Brothers» supposed «free market» political activities often line up with the financial interests of Koch Industries, the 2nd largest privately held corporation in the United States and a major fossil fuel conglomerate (invested in coal, oil, and natural gas among many other sectors).

The publicâ $ ™ s waning interest in global warming poses a challenge for Mr. Obama, who emphasized climate change throughout his campaign and pledged to seek a cap on emissions in the United States of heat - trapping gases, led by carbon dioxide, which come mainly from burning coal and oil.

It will show how Russian, American and French geopolitical interests tangoed with a morally blind international banking and oil trading system to set up the looting of the Angolan state - which continues to this day to the overall detriment of the long suffering Angolan population.

Members of Americans for Prosperity, a group founded and largely financed by oil industry interests, filed a lawsuit this week seeking to end New York State's participation in the 10 - state Regional Greenhouse Gas InitiaState's participation in the 10 - state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiastate Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

This report's recommendations will assist federal, state, local, and tribal policymakers; non-governmental organizations; industry; academia; and anyone interested in the future of this special region to protect it from the impacts of damaging oil spills.

The job of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) is to balance competing interests: To maintain wild areas while at the same time supporting extractive industries such as timber, mining, oil, and gas.

In one paid for by a coalition that includes oil and gas interests, former Oklahoma governor Frank Keating laments that «I signed a bill that was supposed to jump - start the wind industry, help the state and create jobs.

And more worrisome, fossil fuel interests including the Koch brothers and Shell Oil are still spending millions trying to repeal renewable energy standards in states around the country through the work of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and other front groups.

In a post for Medium, Clinton called Canadian oil sands North America's «dirtiest fuel» — despite the fact that during her leadership the U.S. State Department approved a cross-border permit for another oil sands pipeline in 2009, with the department determining that the «addition of crude oil pipeline capacity between Canada and the United States will advance a number of strategic interests of the United States.»

The Alberta government, a one party state for 41 years, now heavily subsidizes foreign oil companies to extract bitumen in the oil sands says a public interest group.

Finally, Sweeney states that «If either bill became law, it would amount to a declaration of war on fossil - fuel interests, because much of the present - day stock market value of coal, oil, and gas companies is based on their below - the - ground reserves.»

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(12) the establishment of such a vehicle fleet and distribution system would provide a large market that would mobilize private resources to substantially advance the technology and expand the production of alcohol fuels in the United States and abroad; (13) the United States has an urgent national security interest to develop alcohol fuels technology, production, and distribution systems as rapidly as possible; (14) new cars sold in the United States that are equipped with an internal combustion engine should allow for fuel competition by being flexible fuel vehicles, and new diesel cars should be capable of operating on biodiesel; and (15) such an open fuel standard would help to protect the United States economy from high and volatile oil prices and from the threats caused by global instability, terrorism, and natural disaster.

The corporate - funded special interests and lobbyists opposed to giving the United States greater access to Canada's Ethical Oil have been taking advantage of the recent rupture of ExxonMobil's Silvertip pipeline — spilling 1,000 barrels of oil into Montana's Yellowstone River — to try and scare Americans away from the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which promises to deliver billions of... Continue Reading&raqOil have been taking advantage of the recent rupture of ExxonMobil's Silvertip pipeline — spilling 1,000 barrels of oil into Montana's Yellowstone River — to try and scare Americans away from the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which promises to deliver billions of... Continue Reading&raqoil into Montana's Yellowstone River — to try and scare Americans away from the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which promises to deliver billions of... Continue Reading»

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